theHunter: Call of the Wild™ on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Discover an atmospheric hunting game like no other in this realistic, stunning open world – regularly updated in collaboration with the community. Immerse yourself in the single player campaign, or share the ultimate hunting experience with friends.
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ is a hunting, open world and multiplayer game
developed by Expansive Worlds
and published by Avalanche Studios.
Released on February 16th 2017 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.
It has received 177,610 reviews of which 157,641 were positive and 19,969 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: 64bit OS - Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i3-4170
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 660 / ATI HD7870 - 1GB VRAM
- Storage: 60 GB available space
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---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☑ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☑ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10
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I shot a turkey with a 500 magnum. It survived and I proceeded to chase it for 10km. I lost the tracks and punched a hole in my monitor. 10/10 game.
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---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☑ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leader-boards/ranks ☑ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10
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Assuming you have no DLC packs, the game starts out slow. You begin as a level 1 hunter with a measly .243 rifle, only the best placed shots can take down medium sized game. You might spend a lot of time wrapping your head around the game mechanics as well as track a bunch of wounded animals at first, but soon you will start making some money and filling out your perk trees. I was left with a bad impression of the progression system at first but the strength you feel during the mid and late game definitely pays off. At the writing of this review, I have 170 hours of play time. I only have 1 / 19 maps completely explored. I chose to do the Layton Lake District map first (soon I will explain why I regret this decision) and I have that map 100% explored and about 90% of the missions completed, so there is still more work to nickel and dime there as well. I hope this gives an accurate representation of just how much playtime you can get out of one map. I am currently working on exploring the Hirschfelden map and I have it ~60% completed with many missions left to go. At this rate, each of the 19 maps is offering me around 100-150 hours of gameplay, and even if I complete every mission there is nothing stopping me from continuing to hunt on the map. I want to use this last bit here to share a few tips to anyone going into the game fresh. Earlier I stated I played the Layton Lake District map first. In hindsight, I would have much rather done Hirschfelden first because the map has more game animals that can be taken down by your free starting rifle and ammo, as well as many birds that can be hunted with the base shotgun (although this will come at a cost of the weapon itself and ammo). So in my experience, I started off on the harder of the two base maps which lead to me leveling up more slowly but also working harder. If you are playing a new vanilla game with no DLCs, please do yourself a favor and start off with hunting a bunch of Roe Buck and Red Fox on Hirschfelden Reserve. If you are willing to buy DLC weapons and maps, then by all means go crazy and start wherever you wish. My last piece of advice, there are two very powerful perks you want to acquire asap, which is Zeroing and Sight Spotting. Zeroing allows you to change the range your scope is zeroed in at with the press of a button. For example, for rifles it can be cycled between 75 m, 150 m, and 300 m, allowing you to take very precise shots at three preset distances. Sight Spotting allows you to mark and leave an outline on animals temporarily, especially useful when hunting at night. This mechanic can always be achieved with your binoculars, but this perk allows you to avoid the hassle of rotating between your binoculars and firearm, saving precious seconds. So yeah, I like this game a lot. I got a very good vanilla experience from the game before spending about $150 USD on DLC for this game during the summer sale. I would not be surprised if I accumulate 1,000 hours of playtime in the future. I grew up playing Cabela's hunting games on my PS2, then Hunting Unlimited for PC when I was older, and now playing Call of the Wild as an adult feels like the perfect way to progress this hobby. (edited for typos)
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Imagine DayZ with a hundred times more beautiful looking nature. And on top of it you don't have to stress yourself with PvPvE or the survival mechanics. You are just kinda thrown into a world, doing optional story quests, and hunting animals that get in your way – if you feel like it. Don't worry about the weapons or DLCs for now. Get the ATV at best (it's only good for roaming around and quickly unlocking campsites all around the map – afterwards you can fast travel to them) and hop in. The base game maps are lovely. Ignore the meta or "how to play the game correctly". Just try and relax. It's amazing.
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theHunter: Call of the Wild™ is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ received 157,641 positive votes out of a total of 177,610 achieving a rating of 8.77.
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theHunter: Call of the Wild™ was developed by Expansive Worlds and published by Avalanche Studios.
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ is playable and fully supported on Windows.
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ is not playable on MacOS.
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ is not playable on Linux.
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
There are 57 DLCs available for theHunter: Call of the Wild™. Explore additional content available for theHunter: Call of the Wild™ on Steam.
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ does not support Steam Remote Play.
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for theHunter: Call of the Wild™.
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Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
3,998
Developer
Expansive Worlds
Publisher
Avalanche Studios
Release
16 Feb 2017
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